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Submit ReviewStudent-led protests against Israel’s war in Gaza have spread across the US in recent weeks, with demonstrators building tent encampments on university grounds, and even storming university buildings. The FT’s Washington bureau chief, James Politi, and FT New York correspondent, Joshua Chaffin, join this week’s Swamp Notes to explain why the protests could hurt President Joe Biden’s re-election chances.
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New York police storm Columbia University and arrest pro-Palestinian protesters
Police raid UCLA protest camp as clashes over Gaza spread across US
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